Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart

Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, going into the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart on Sunday, July 12 at 7 p.m. ET on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).

EchoPark Speedway – History, Stats & Tidbits

RACE & TRACK DATA
Season Race #: 20 of 36 (July 12, 2026)
Race Purse: $11,233,037
Race Length: 260 laps / 400.4 miles
Stage 1 Length: 60 Laps
Stage 2 Length: 100 Laps (End on Lap 160)
Final Stage Length: 100 Laps (End on Lap 260)
Track Size: 1.54-miles
Banking/Turn 1 & 2: 28 degrees
Banking/Turn 3 & 4: 28 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch & Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 2,332 feet
Backstretch Length: 1,800 feet

QUALIFYING & RACE RECORDS

Track Qualifying Record: Geoffrey Bodine, Ford, 197.478 mph, 28.074 secs., November 15, 1997

Track Race Record: Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 159.904 mph, (03:07:48), November 16, 1997

2025 Pole Winner: Joey Logano, Ford, 178.960 mph, 30.979 secs., June 27, 2025

2025 Race Winner: Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 111.792 mph, (03:34:54), June 30, 2025

HISTORY

• Located south of Atlanta, Georgia on 850 acres, EchoPark Speedway, originally called Atlanta International Raceway, was first constructed in 1958-1959 as a 1.5-mile paved speedway.
• The first NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway was on July 31, 1960. The inaugural Cup race at Atlanta was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Fireball Roberts from the pole position driving a 1960 Pontiac for car owner John Hines. The race was 200 laps/300 miles and produced an average speed of 112.653 MPH.
• The track was re-measured to 1.522 miles in the spring of 1970.
• The track was purchased by Speedway Motorsports in 1990, and it was renamed to Atlanta Motor Speedway.
• The track layout was reversed, and the track was re-configured to 1.54 miles between the two races in 1997.
• From 1960 – 2010, EchoPark Speedway hosted multiple NASCAR Cup Series races during each season; starting in 2011 the series began only visiting Atlanta once a year (2011-2020). The 2021 season marked the first time since 2010, the series visited the facility more than once a season.
• From 1987 to 2000 EchoPark Speedway held the final championship race of the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
• In 2021, EchoPark Speedway underwent a transformation starting shortly after the checkered flag on July 11. Over the course of five months, the speedway was reconfigured, sporting steeper 28-degree banked corners, new drainage technology, and brand-new asphalt.
• In total, there have been 124 NASCAR Cup races at EchoPark Speedway since the first race there in 1960.
• After 35 years as Atlanta Motor Speedway, the track has announced a new name for the facility in 2025, EchoPark Speedway.

STARTS

• A total of 601 different drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the NASCAR Cup Series in starts at EchoPark Speedway with 65 start.
• Top five (all-time) in Cup Atlanta Starts: Richard Petty (65), Bill Elliott (62), Dave Marcis (59), Ricky Rudd (58), Darrell Waltrip (56).
• Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in NASCAR Cup Series starts at EchoPark Speedway with 31 each.
• Top five (active) in Cup Atlanta Starts: Denny Hamlin (32), Joey Logano (25), Brad Keselowski (23), Michael McDowell (21), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (19) and Austin Dillon (19).
• A total of 67 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have made their series debut at EchoPark Speedway.
• Cody Ware (2017) and Ty Dillon (2014) are the only active NASCAR Cup Series drivers to make their first career start at EchoPark Speedway.
• The best finish by a driver making their NASCAR Cup Series career debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway was runner-up by NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace on March 16, 1980.

NCS Drivers that made their First Career Start at Atlanta

Average Starting Positions

• Fred Lorenzen leads the NASCAR Cup Series in average starting position at EchoPark Speedway with a 4.105 in 19 starts.
• Josh Berry leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series in average starting position at Atlanta with an 9.0 in six starts.

Top 10 in Average Starting Position at Atlanta (All-Time & Active)

POLES

• A total of 54 different drivers have won at least one pole at EchoPark Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series, 27 have posted more than one.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Fireball Roberts won the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series pole at EchoPark Speedway in 1960 with a speed of 133.870 mph in a Pontiac.
• Buddy Baker (1968, 1971, 1976, 1979 sweep, 1980, 1984) and Ryan Newman (2003 sweep, 2004 sweep, 2005 sweep, 2007) are tied for the NASCAR Cup Series most poles at Atlanta Motor Speedway with seven each.
• Joey Logano (2015, 2023, 2025) leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in Atlanta poles with three.
• This weekend, five of the 54 NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Speedway pole winners are entered in the event.

• Youngest Cup Atlanta pole winner: Terry Labonte (03/15/1981 – 24 years, 3 months, 27 days).
• Oldest Cup Atlanta pole winner: Harry Gant (11/14/1993 – 53 years, 10 months, 4 days).
• A total of 10 drivers have posted their first NASCAR Cup Series pole at EchoPark Speedway.

• Ryan Newman holds the record for most consecutive poles at Atlanta with six straight; from the spring of 2003 through 2005.
• Winning consecutive poles has happened 11 times at Atlanta in the NASCAR Cup Series, among six different drivers:
  • Fireball Roberts (1960 sweep, 1961 second & third race),
  • Cale Yarborough (1969, 1970, 1978 sweep),
  • Dave Marcis (1975, 1976),
  • Buddy Baker (1979 sweep, 1980),
  • Alan Kulwicki (1989 sweep),
  • Ryan Newman (2003 sweep, 2004 sweep, 2005 sweep).
  • Michael McDowell (2024 sweep).
• A total of 42 different organizations have won a NASCAR Cup Series pole at EchoPark Speedway.
• Seven of the 42 organizations that have won a pole in the NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta are active this weekend.

• Team Penske leads the NASCAR Cup Series in poles at EchoPark Speedway with 12 poles among four drivers: Rusty Wallace (1993), Ryan Newman (2003 sweep, 2004 sweep, 2005 sweep, 2007), Joey Logano (2015, 2023, 2025); Ryan Blaney (2025).
• A total of nine different manufacturers have won a NASCAR Cup Series pole at EchoPark Speedway, led by Ford with 35 poles; followed by Chevrolet (25), Dodge (18), Pontiac (16), Mercury (7), Oldsmobile (5), Toyota (3), Buick (2) and Plymouth (1).
• Dodge holds the NASCAR Cup Series record for consecutive poles at EchoPark Speedway with nine straight from 2002 to 2007.
• Ford has won the last seven consecutive poles at EchoPark Speedway (2019, 2023-2025; Note: No qualifying was held from 2020-2022, Spring 2026) and is looking for their eighth this weekend.

WINS

• A total of 51 different drivers have won a NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway, and 27 drivers have won more than one.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt leads the NASCAR Cup Series in wins at EchoPark Speedway with nine victories (1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 2000).
• Brad Keselowski (2017, 2019), William Byron (2022, 2023), Joey Logano (2023, 2024) and Chase Elliott (2022, 2025) lead all active NASCAR Cup Series winners at EchoPark Speedway with two victories each.
• This weekend, nine of the 51 NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Speedway race winners are entered in the event.

• Youngest Cup Series Atlanta winner: Kyle Busch (03/09/2008 – 22 years, 10 months, 7 days).
• Oldest Cup Series Atlanta winner: Morgan Shepherd (03/20/1993 – 51 years, 5 months, 8 days).
• A total of six different drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Cup Series win at EchoPark Speedway:

• Michael McDowell leads the series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Cup Series starts at Atlanta without visiting Victory Lane at 21 starts; followed by Austin Dillon (19), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (19), AJ Allmendinger (18).
• No driver has swept the triple header weekend at EchoPark Speedway across all three NASCAR national series. Two drivers have won in multiple NASCAR national series races in the same weekend at Atlanta:
  • Kevin Harvick (2018, NCS/NOAPS)
  • Carl Edwards (2005, NCS/NOAPS); (Fall 2008, NCS/NOAPS)
  • Kyle Busch (Spring 2008, NCS/NCTS)
• A total of 27 different starting positions on the grid have resulted in wins at EchoPark Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• The most proficient starting position in the field at EchoPark Speedway is the first starting position – producing more wins than any other starting position at 17 victories.
• A total of 17 of the 124 NASCAR Cup Series races (13.7%) have been won from the pole or first starting position.
• A total 16 different drivers accomplished the feat of winning at Atlanta from the pole or first starting position – Fireball Roberts (1960), Fred Lorenzen (1964), Marvin Panch (1965), Cale Yarborough (1967), J. Foyt (1971), Bobby Allison (1972), Buddy Baker (1979), Bill Elliott (1987), Rusty Wallace (1988), Dale Earnhardt (1990), Bobby Labonte (1996), Kasey Kahne (2006), Chase Elliott (2022), Joey Logano (2023), Tyler Reddick (2026), NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty is the only driver to do it twice (1975, 1977).
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt (1990) and Tyler Reddick (2026) are the only two drivers to start from the first position due to qualifying being cancelled and win in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway.

Cup Wins by Starting Positions at EchoPark Speedway

• The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Atlanta is 39th, by Bobby Labonte in the fall of 2001.
• The deepest in the field that an active winner has started at Atlanta is 32nd, by Christopher Bell in 2025.
• In total 42 different owners have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway; this weekend eight Atlanta NASCAR Cup Series winning organizations are active.

WINS

• The Hendrick Motorsports organization has the most wins at EchoPark Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series with 18 victories among eight drivers:
  • Darrell Waltrip (1989)
  • Ken Schrader (1991)
  • Jeff Gordon (1995, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2011)
  • Jerry Nadeau (2000)
  • Jimmie Johnson (2004, 2007 sweep, 2015, 2016)
  • Kasey Kahne (2014)
  • William Byron (2022, 2023)
  • Chase Elliott (2022, 2025)
• Nine different manufacturers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta; led by Chevrolet with 46 victories; followed by Ford (36), Pontiac (11), Dodge (nine), Mercury (eight), Toyota (five), Buick (four), Plymouth (four), and Oldsmobile (one).
• The most consecutive races won by a manufacturer in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway is five straight by Ford from 2017 to 2021.

ADDITIONAL FINISHING POSITIONS

Runner-Up Finishes

• A total of 59 different drivers have finished runner-up in the NASCAR Cup Series races at EchoPark Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt and David Pearson lead the NASCAR Cup Series in runner-up finishes at EchoPark Speedway with seven each.
• Brad Keselowski (2018, 2023, 2025) leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers with three runner-up finishes at EchoPark Speedway.

Top Five in Runner-Up Finishes at Atlanta (All-Time & Active)

Top-Five Finishes

• A total of 127 different drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series have finished inside the top-five at EchoPark Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt leads the NASCAR Cup Series in top-five finishes at EchoPark Speedway with 26; followed by fellow NASCAR Hall of Famers Cale Yarborough with 23 and Richard Petty with 22.
• Ryan Blaney leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in top-five finishes at Atlanta with seven.

Top Five in Top-Five Finishes at Atlanta (All-Time & Active)

Top-10 Finishes

• A total of 225 different drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series have finished inside the top-10 at EchoPark Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the NASCAR Cup Series in top-10 finishes at Atlanta with 33; followed by NASCAR Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt with 30 and Cale Yarborough with 29.
• Brad Keselowski leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers with 12 top-10 finishes at Atlanta.

Top Five in Top-10 Finishes at Atlanta (All-Time & Active)

Average Finishing Position

• Dick Hutcherson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing position at EchoPark Speedway with a 3.6 in five starts.
• Carson Hocevar leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in average finishing position at EchoPark Speedway with a 10.200 in five starts.

Top 10 in Average Finishing Position at Atlanta (All-Time & Active)

LAP LEADERS

• A total of 192 different drivers have led at least one lap in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough leads the NASCAR Cup Series in laps led at EchoPark Speedway with 3,283 laps led in 47 starts.
• Cale Yarborough is one of just seven drivers all-time to lead more than 3,000 laps at a single track, and the only one to do it on a 1.5-mile speedway.
• Joey Logano leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in laps led at Atlanta with 554 in 25 starts.
• The most laps led by the NASCAR Cup Series race winner at EchoPark Speedway is 308 laps led of the scheduled 334 (92.2%) by NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough on March 30, 1969; he started from fifth.
• The most laps led by a NASCAR Cup Series driver that did not win the race at EchoPark Speedway was 292 laps led of the scheduled 325 (89.8%) by Kevin Harvick on March 5, 2017; he started from the pole and finished ninth.
• The fewest laps led by the NASCAR Cup Series race winner at EchoPark Speedway was one lap – the final lap – of the scheduled 267 by NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson on September 17, 1961; he started the race in fifth.

Top 10 NASCAR Cup Series Lap Leaders at Atlanta (All-Time)

Top 10 NASCAR Cup Series Lap Leaders at Atlanta (Active)

TRACK / EVENT SPECIFIC STATS

• Since the advent of electronic scoring in 1993, the closest Margin of Victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway is the February 25, 2024 race won by Daniel Suarez over Ryan Blaney with a Margin of Victory of 0.003 second.

Top 12 NASCAR Cup Series Closest Margins of Victory at EchoPark Speedway

• There have been nine NASCAR Cup Series races resulting in a NASCAR Overtime finish at EchoPark Speedway; the most recent was earlier this season:

TRACK / EVENT SPECIFIC STATS

• A total of six races in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway have been shortened due to weather:

• Three-times the NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway has been postponed to another day:
• Race Scheduled Date: 4, 2011 – Delayed due to weather – Actual Start Date: Sept. 6, 2011 (Jeff Gordon won)
• Race Start Date: March 17, 1991 – First 47 laps were run then the event was postponed due to weather – Race Finish Date: March 18, 1991 (remaining 281 laps were run; Ken Schrader won the race)
• Race Scheduled Date: March 15, 2020 – Delayed due COVID-19 pandemic – Actual Start Date: June 7, 2020.
• Qualifying has been cancelled in the NASCAR Cup Series at EchoPark Speedway 11 times:
  • 8 times due to weather conditions: Spring 1973, Spring 1990, Fall 2002, Fall 2006, Fall 2008, both races in 2022 and Spring 2026.
  • 3 times due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: June 7, 2020, March 21, 2021 and July 11, 2021.

FEMALE COMPETITOR STATS

• Three female drivers have competed at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series: Janet Guthrie, Shawna Robinson and Danica Patrick.

NASCAR IN GEORGIA

• There has been a total of 258 NASCAR national series races among 14 different tracks in the state of Georgia dating all the way back to 1951.

GEORGIA IN NASCAR

• A total of 195 different drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Georgia.
• A total of 19 of the 195 drivers have won at least once in one of NASCAR’s national series; 12 of the 195 have posted at least one victory in the NASCAR Cup Series.

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